(and in my LinkedIn profile, Zoom and Slack display name, personal email signature, name tags…) But First, What’s in a Pronoun? A personal pronoun is defined by Merriam-Webster as “a pronoun (such as I, you, or they) that expresses a distinction of person.” Rephrased: a personal pronoun is a word we substitute for our identity or for the identities of people around us. When people talk about sharing pronouns, they’re using…

A Day in the Life, a series started by Kensho’s Diversity and Inclusion committee, showcases Kenshins and their day-to-day experiences. It’s 4:03am on a cold day in early January, and Jessi nudges Mark gently, “Can you change her?” There is, of course, only one correct answer to this. Mark lifts…

This is the 5th post in a series on HTML and CSS. To start from the beginning, see my first post, which provides an introduction to the philosophy behind HTML & CSS and dives into the details of some basic HTML elements and display properties. In the last post, we…

This is the 4th post in a series on HTML and CSS. To start from the beginning, see my first post, which provides an introduction to the philosophy behind HTML & CSS and dives into the details of some basic HTML elements and display properties. In my last post, I…

Basic Styling We’ve gone into a lot of detail on targeting, but we have yet to cover the basics of styling in CSS! Most styling properties in CSS are quite simple on their own, but can be a bit confusing to understand and remember as you work. For example, the names for…

From my last post (Vol 1), we got a glimpse of the underlying philosophy behind CSS: What is CSS? CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets: Cascading: CSS has a series of cascading inheritance based on order and specificity. …

This is the start of a series on best practices for HTML and CSS, starting with the basics. I do not promise you’ll learn HTML and/or CSS in 10 minutes, or 30 minutes, or 2 hours. No one actually learns HTML and CSS in minutes, or even a couple of…